Orange Regional Medical Center Board of Directors

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Rolland Peacock, III, Chairman		Patricia Claiborne, Vice Chair		Schuyler Newman, M.D., Treasurer		Sher Singh, Secretary
Gerard J. Galarneau, M.D.		Paul B. Halpern		Arthur D. Kowaloff		Lon J. Merin, MD
Howard Mills		Terrence L. Olivo		Jonathan Rouis

Rolland Peacock, III, Chairman

Rolland Peacock is the Vice President and Small Business Relationship Manager at TD Bank, N. A. covering the Lower Hudson Valley Region. Prior to this, he was Senior Vice President at The Berkshire Bank (formerly Goshen Savings Bank).

Mr. Peacock has been active within the community and civic organizations throughout his career having most recently served as director and Treasurer of the Orange County Partnership, a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Goshen, an executive board member of the Hudson Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Prior community involvement included serving as a board member for Leadership Orange, the former McQuade Family Services and President of the Orange County Bankers Association. He also was active as a Scout Leader and soccer and Little League as his children were growing up.

Mr. Peacock resides in Goshen with his wife Suzanne.

Patricia Claiborne, Vice Chair

Patricia Claiborne is past Educator, Program Leader and Executive Director for Cornell Cooperative Extension, positions she held for 37 years before retiring in 2010. At Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ms. Claiborne managed all aspects of operations, providing leadership and opportunities for the youth and families of Orange County. She began her career as a Cooperative Extension Agent responsible for leading the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program. She then became a Home Economics Program leader and educator with a major focus in Financial Management and Housing Programs. Prior to her position as Home Economics Program Leader, she served as a Research Assistant in Human Services Studies and Extension Associate for the Division of Nutritional Science, Cornell University.

Ms. Claiborne holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics from Virginia State University and a Master’s degree in Human Service Studies from Cornell University.

Ms. Claiborne is an active community member. She serves on the Orange County Citizens Foundation Board of Directors and the Emergency Housing Board of Directors. She is a member of the Middletown Kiwanis and the Orange County Farm Bureau. Ms. Claiborne was the Honorary Chairwoman for the 2008 Tribute to Women of Achievement of Orange County. She has received many awards and recognitions for her dedication to the community and her work, some of which include the Human Rights Commission Award, National Association of Extension Home Economists Newsletter Award, National Association of Extension Home Economists Diversity Award and Leadership Orange Pinnacle Award.

Ms. Claiborne lives in Middletown, New York.

Schuyler Newman, M.D., Treasurer

Schuyler Newman, MD is Board-certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.

Through his affiliation with Orange Regional, Dr. Newman was a member of the Medical Executive Committee from 1995 to 2008 and served as its first Chief of Staff. Dr. Newman is also past Chair of the Medical Staff of Horton Medical Center, a position he held prior to the merger with Arden Hill Hospital. Additionally, he is past Medical Director of Laboratory and past Department Chairman of Pathology. Dr. Newman was instrumental in the development of Orange Regional’s Cancer Center, having served as the first chairman of the Cancer Committee. Additionally, he was instrumental in helping to attain the Center’s first accreditation. He received the Physician Leadership Award from Orange Regional in 2005. Dr. Newman is the President and Medical Director of Histopathology Services, LLC which is a leading provider of pathology services in the New York metropolitan area.

Dr. Newman graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, from LaSalle University and is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Jefferson Medical College where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He was in the Army Medical Corps for 13 years including his internship and residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He served in a number of leadership positions including Chief, Department of Pathology at Keller Army Hospital at West Point where he received the National Defense Service Medal, Army Achievement Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal. Dr. Newman is a fellow of the College of American Pathologists, American Pathology Foundation, and the American Society for Clinical Pathology.

Sher Singh, Secretary

Sher Singh is the Community Liaison for Rehabilitation Support Services, Inc. for the Orange County System of Care Initiative.

Ms. Singh has worked and lived in Orange County for more than 26 years where she has supported education through her affiliations with the Pine Bush School District, School to Work Consortium, The New York State Parent Teacher Association and The National Association of Fundraising Professionals. In addition, Ms. Singh has served as a board member for many organizations including the Mental Health Association, Safe Homes of Orange County, the Middletown Business & Professional Women's Club and as a diversity committee member of the National Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Ms. Singh earned her B.A. in Mass Communications at the University of the West Indies. She also received certified licensed credits in Special Education from SUNY New Paltz and a certificate in English from the University of London.

In 1998, Ms. Singh was awarded the Orange County Tribute to Women of Achievement Education and Volunteerism Award. She was also the recipient of the 2007 Human Rights Commission Award and the 2010 Orange County Chamber of Commerce's Volunteer of the Year Award.

Ms. Singh resides in the Town of Bloomingburg and is the mother of three grown children.

Gerard Galarneau, M.D.

Dr. Gerard Galarneau, Board-certified in Urology, practices at Middletown Urologic Associates. Dr. Galarneau has been an active Orange Regional medical staff member since March of 2000.

Dr. Galarneau has served in leadership positions at Orange Regional Medical Center since 2002. He was the Vice-Chair of the Department of Urology from 2002- 2004 and Chairman from 2005-2006. He was the Chairman of Staff from 2007-2008 and has held the position of Chief of Staff since January of 2009.

Dr. Galarneau graduated with a B.S. in Biology from SUNY Binghamton, received his medical degree from New York Medical College and held residencies in General Surgery and Urology at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.

Dr. Galarneau is an active member of the American Urological Association and the Medical Society of Orange County.

Paul B. Halpern

In the 1970s, Mr. Halpern established a presence in the residential development industry when he introduced manufactured housing to the region. After selling the business in 2001, he decided to focus on consulting and community service.

As an active member of the local community, Mr. Halpern is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees Orange Regional Medical Center Foundation; Chairman 2013 Annual Boys and Girls Celebrity Fundraising Dinner (Orange County Unit); Immediate Past President of the Rotary Club of Middletown as well as a board member of the Rotary International Medical Relief Foundation; an honorary board member of the Boys and Girls Club of Wallkill and Pine Bush; a member of the steering committee and advisory board leadership council of the National Academy Foundation; former Chair of the Advisory Board of the Middletown High School Academies of Finance and Information Technology and past president of Temple Sinai in Middletown.

Mr. Halpern lives in Middletown, New York.

Arthur Kowaloff

Arthur Kowaloff is the president of Kowaloff & Co. LLC, a firm offering capital markets advice and investment banking services for entrepreneurs and the companies they create.

A graduate of Carleton College and Yale University Law School, Mr. Kowaloff spent five years as a managing director of BNY Capital Markets, Inc., a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. Prior to that, he held the position of COO/senior managing director at Patricof & Co. Capital Corporation and was a senior partner at the firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. He is a member of the New York State Bar.

Mr. Kowaloff is the Lead Director of Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. and is also a member of the Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. Board of Directors. Additionally, Mr. Kowaloff is a Trustee of Carleton College and the president and a director of The PBP Foundation of New York.

Mr. Kowaloff lives in Central Valley, New York.

Lon J. Merin, MD

Dr. Lon Merin, Board-certified in Anesthesia, has been practicing with Orange Anesthesia Service, PC since 1990. He has been an active medical staff member of Horton Medical Center, Arden Hill Hospital and currently Orange Regional Medical Center.

Dr. Merin has served in several leadership positions at Orange Regional Medical Center and is presently serving as Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia.

Dr. Merin graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Zoology from The George Washington University, and received his medical degree from The George Washington University Medical School, located in Washington, D.C. He completed his residency in Anesthesiology at New York University Medical Center and is an active member of the American Society of Anesthesiology.

Dr. Merin has been an active member of the community for the past twenty years. He raised his daughters in Goshen where he resides with his wife.

Howard Mills

Howard Mills is a director and chief advisor of the Insurance Industry Group of Deloitte LLP. In his current role, Mr. Mills works with Deloitte’s clients in areas ranging from growth and globalization to managing the complexities of regulatory compliance. An experienced and prominent leader in the insurance industry, Mr. Mills joined Deloitte after serving as Superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department.

A former New York State Assemblyman, he served as the Deputy Minority Leader and a member of the Banking, Housing, Insurance and Ways and Means Committees. He was also a member of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the Presidential Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee and has served as commissioner of the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims.

Mr. Mills currently serves as a board member of the Griffith Foundation, has been an adjunct instructor of geography and politics at Mount Saint Mary College and Orange County Community College, is a former Town of Wallkill Supervisor and is a member of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors.

Mr. Mills lives in the Town of Hamptonburgh, New York.

Terrence L. Olivo

Terrence Olivo has been a public school educator for 46 years and for more than thirty-seven of these years, he has been employed as a Central Office Administrator. Mr. Olivo began his career in the Highland Central School District, in Ulster County, as a history teacher. He left Highland, in January 1979, to become the Assistant Superintendent for Personnel in the Monroe-Woodbury Central School District. Ten years later, he became the district's Superintendent of Schools and held the position until his retirement in August 2004. In July 2007, he accepted an invitation to serve Orange-Ulster BOCES as Chief Operating Officer. He continues in that position today.

Mr. Olivo serves the Mid-Hudson School Study Council as Director of Research and is also a Member of the Coordinating Council for the Orange County System of Care.  In addition, he is a member of the Orange County Traffic Safety Board and a member of the Executive Board of the Orange County Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Olivo graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Social Studies/Education from Marist College and a Master's degree in Educational Administration and a Certificate in Advanced Studies in School District Administration from SUNY New Paltz.

Mr. Olivo was named by the Times Herald-Record as among the Thirty Most Influential People in the Mid-Hudson area in both 2003 and 2004 and in 2010, received the Mid-Hudson Schools Study Council and SUNY New Paltz Educational Leadership Award, recognizing his outstanding contribution to public education. Mr. Olivo is called upon as a frequent speaker and panel member in a variety of workshop s and conferences for administrators, teachers and school board members throughout the Mid-Hudson region.

He resides in Central Valley with his wife, Elizabeth, a music teacher in the Goshen Central School District, and is the father of two grown children.

Jonathan Rouis

Jonathan Rouis is the Managing Partner at Rouis & Company CPAs, LLP in Wurtsboro, New York where he focuses on corporate accounts across the region. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from St. Bonaventure University.

Mr. Rouis served on the Sullivan County Legislature for nine years, four as Vice-Chairman of the Legislature and four as Chairman of the Legislature. His background in accounting and finance has provided him unique perspective in the current economic crisis, which he has used to lead the County in financial restructuring designed to provide greater transparency and accountability.

Mr. Rouis is a Past President of the Mamakating Rotary; a past member of the Hudson Valley Advisory Board of TD Bank North; a past member of the Advisory Board of The Community Bank of Sullivan County; a member of Sons of the American Legion; a member of the New York State Association of Certified Public Accountants and currently serves as the Vice-Chairman of the Orange Regional Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees.

Mr. Rouis resides with his family in Burlingham, New York.